Currently, U.S. Rep. George Santos and state Rep. Clinton Collamore are on the hot seats. That doesn’t mean their political careers are over.
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
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A brief history of the Black church’s diversity, and its vital role in American political history
Millions of enslaved Africans were forcefully converted to the Christian faith. The Black church came about when African Americans began to establish their own congregations.
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Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble
Bayard Rustin led a long and complicated life dedicated to the fight for equal rights. Targeted by the FBI, Rustin became a close adviser to Martin Luther King Jr.
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Find complete coverage of the high school tournaments
High school sports coverage includes our live updates from the games, stories and brackets.
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Before Patrick Mahomes vs. Jalen Hurts, there was Doug Williams
Williams became the first Black quarterback to start in a Super Bowl and won MVP of the game for Washington in January 1988.
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The modern NFL didn’t have a Black head coach until 1989. Here’s his story.
Art Shell was hired by the Los Angeles Raiders long after baseball and basketball teams had been led by African Americans. Then he was fired after a winning season.
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NFL owners have a problem hiring coaches: They’re lousy at it
The main reason the NFL fails in its attempts to engineer better diversity is that the owners are generally horrible at hiring anyone.
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FanDuel, DraftKings can’t sink the office Super Bowl pool
About 13 million Americans plan to take part in casual betting like a workplace ‘boxes’ pool, which can help strengthen bonds between co-workers that got frayed during the pandemic.
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How could they? That’s not a question for the head, but the heart
Systemic racism does dehumanizing things to the souls of those caught in its net, including the five Black police officers accused of killing Tyre Nichols.
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Black Memphis police spark dialogue on systemic racism in the U.S.
The Memphis cops charged with murder were Black. What does it matter?